Automatic organ.



W. B. FLEMING.

AUTOMATIC ORGAN.

APPLICATION FILED IuLYIs.19I2.

1,146,321 PaIenIed July 13, 1915.

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Immy Ww y@ @Htomeq W. B. FLEMING.

AUTOMATIC ORGAN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I8, 1912- Patented July 13, 1915.

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or'rHILnnEmHrA,rENNsrIAvANmI .a c vcitZen .ofthe United, States, residing in the city and t county 0f jlPhladelPhie; .Stat

of Bennsylvania, ,have invented certain 116W l and Y"useful'Improvements in.` Automatic 1 Or-l fwhich the following is a specifica-y musical instruments j of Lthe general characf y ter Vo'vffthat illustrated in Patent yNo'. 811,912,

issued to me Februaryth, 1906.

- Thfgobject oflmypresent inventlonV is to f provide.means{wherebythe pedal organ may L beiplayed independentlyof'the otherorgans of Vthe; instrument; ,and thereby .obviate the necessity oicouplingdevicessuch as have heretofore y,been employed, whereby vthe pedal organ" has been played. throughnthe manualI organ and through the manual tracker holes of, an'y instrument such as is illustrated in my 'patent above mentioned; 1

Inan instrument providedwith myk presf entflimprov'ement in which krthe pedal n organ is played independently .of the manuall'organ, :the musical sounds are, clearer, more i denite andare free from that muddled 7? sound, which; is 'noted when the pedal organj is'played .through the.I manual organ. Y

, i My invention :comprehendsl `:the Lcombinationv and.y arrangementv =of parts set forth in the. specication, specificallygpointed out in the ,claims/andvfwhichfare Iillustrated in the drawings. r It is tobe understoodyhowever,

that changes .in the l.constructionmay be made within the yscope lof ,the claims `without departing/fromlmy invention. j: f

; lnftheidrawings which; should be referred ftov forj a morev ready land x-complete underl Yviewshowing jthegperforated music sheets and lcertain :mechanism:v for. operating fthe same inplan view andi also showing aportion ofthe' ,frame'for .casing yof the instrument'y lin section ;--,y and Eig.` II is; av diagramy matic View of. afportionofthe mechanismincludin n tracker bar and apedalchest.

, In the drawings, 1 designates :perforated music sheets which are'mounted upon rolls 3 andfiegsupported upon portions and 6 of the zwoodenecasingor frame portion 401E the instrument. f, :The 'saidsheets-, are caused to c travel 'OYeIfz-the; tracker bars 7 `rby'means of sproeket chains, 8 fand gearv mechanism f 9 fAUTcoMATIG ORGAN.

- j Specification ote'tters Patent.

entionlrrelates to `improvernents in in the action re sage-way lthrough anopening 28. i

30 designates a passageway which-Mis` gsectional, views l'of ,the action box, all

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organ tracker "holes" o-r` ducts 10 .andnwith pedal organtracker holes 11. Each of the manualtracker holes orducts .is connected in known manner to mechanism riter ,o];, erat y rtracker,.bai-isl are providedwithmanual ing-'the-.manual `organ and other parts which ,V

may be coupled .thereto.

nach. of ulejpedai holes 11 thesis con? nected directlyto mechanism 4for operating the ,pedal organ, There; are sixteen yofthese n eXtra `holes or ductsll in each trackerbar,

mal-ng a totalo'f thiltyftwoy whereby the thrty'two notes 0f' the Pedal organy may be played independently of the sixty-one notes of the manual organ, whereby the tonespro`4 ducedfthereby areclear anddistinct. .This

, result is impossible of accomplishment-where; the pedal organ is played through the 'mani ualeorgan, the-f' former being coupled to the `latter in awell-knownmanner. f

y In Fig. II, r15"designates atube constitutinga passage-way or line from one of the c A' 'pedalholes or ductskll to a passage-way 16 lating b oX. 17, 18 and 19`r designate cham ers inthe said ,box which are under suct1onthat `is to say, from which theair is being drawn by`anysuitable means f Y not shown. 20y designates a. chambergwhich is `in communication with the atmosphere by means vofaduc't 21.1., The passage-wayl is inf communicationwith. the chamber. 1.7 through aibleed hole -22.. Thefpresence'of the holepermits'the equalization of the air y pressurein the chamber'l7 and passage-way- 16 for a purpose which will behereinafter described. y t

. 25 designatesvalve' stems supported upon primary pouch pneumatics only one of which,

adapted "tofbe placed 1n communication 1f' either-with vthe chambery 17 or the chamber 20 through holes 31 and 32. Atv its opposite'l -l end the said passageway .30k is lin l:communi-'Q cation with asecondarypneumatic situr= ated in the suctione'chamber 19.

` Assuming l'thrt'! the hole .fori -duet ,f

through the'tracker bar 7 Vshown in FigzfII is closed, it will be understood that reason of y.the communication `through' :the Vhole 22 betweenr'the passage-.way lland the 1x5 he pres-sure" i nsaid.-passage- Way andv the"saidchambergwill hej-equalized l .pneumatic 26 collapses orfalls andqpermits 5 the valve. stem 25 to occupy the position illustrated .mill-ig. jII in Which ,case-the#y aleff34V drops down uto) :open the hole Bl i thereby` openingythe communication' from" vand at thesame time 1t carries `pallet Q r "1o warfare rsalethatuie @aspettarcipower arbeebsefvedffhatihe Scdarypnumatic335 `The'inflation'and l 25 edilbyhefstop"38:1Whenflthef'sheet 1,?

- y however; y-has` been-'moved softhat a pera foration "the'reinif's y'in Vregistry fy'vithz the hole or duet 11' sof that lair; enters -tlie 'tubev l5 "and thence into thepassag'e-Way lfth'e primary f A30 Hpneumaticf26'will become linflatedi"raising 'f '35 waarheid-aging ofiheifolesiai. j The-result e ofi/this fisfthatoutside air enters' the 'se'condaryglpneumati'c gandffjinzxview of Vthe yfact" Fi' thatrthe f 4('zhamberr v'19 kis "underfsuction vvthe said secondary pnenaticisinflated andeX- 4"s'uref"sthereintoiso .that the contact member *t 'electro vmagnets fsiftuat'edf'inVthechamber 43 ffwhichzchamber :is in V"communica-ti'oii `With 45"the Wind box or pedal chest 44 throughfa l The said pedal-chest v44jand7tlie chamber 43,1 are con# e hole 45 findicatedf byffido-tted` lines if magnet isxenergized thereby attracting y andf-zdrawing .to it its a1.matureflffwhich c 55 vrcloses:theopening between vchannel '47 and thefchaimber 43 yandY opens Communication l between'channelfll? kand channel .48 thereby f perr'niftting pneumatic -'505;to exhaust-:to the' vrfopen air.; For-'the Idet'ailsiof'-construcitionjof "6 0 'this armature 'andvt-he:mannerxoi'itsropera-` f tion i'ei'erence be had fto" United 'States Baten'tNo. 9825419, issued :to lme January 424;, To the bottom l of pneumatic l50 is rigidly 52 toWhich lare attached pallets or valves 53 Y and 54. j Rod, 52 sheld normally depressed "by sprigb'. 'Wlethpeumatic 50i exhausted the rod52 is'raised against the Vi,piressui-e of spring 55 and carries the palleti" oravalve ,into position tov close theiportf`56.

163 closes peana -wliielrfenas'jcemm ai' mechanism herein shoWn l vand" described y'f' m8115912, new@providedriong'andaharf vnninication directly with "the fpedal' lorga r mechanism yand which `h'oles* or ductsy are play :theipedal organ entire y'Independeritli resltoffthis arrangement-"whereby tl l tions"'corresponding"' to fthe ini-anualic" thereby closing communication betytle pedal-chestoi'fwind box 44and channel .57

pneumatici 60 :fai-S01 exhausts @chrughfth rod '(ilf carrying the"l paliets or {ValvesQf an tion betwenjp'dal 'chest "fo [Winti and the channell 'andopensffportf the by permitting pouchiniemate-167to` 'x` haustthrough ehannelf; Whenjthepouc pneumatic 67 feXhaus'tedf it @operates "valve or pallet 68 toopenfcommunicationbetween the' `wind f chamber '69 and channel 7 0 "there by #permitting the air` from "the hainber `619 to pass into and through 'channel f70a'nl operat'epedal organ pipe 71. y

f ft .Willfbe understood that the train" `d operating the organ pipe v 171 'will ffbe i dup cated for eachfof Lthe other thirtylone ffpi of'thepedaljo'rgan. y f y f' As in the "construction shown inrfPate perfor-ations "YQ upon theedgeofthe fper forated music .fsheets ,'WliichL-c'oprate 'with j the twooutside"holesffor"ducts .iT-3 nponithe respective tracker. *bars yLlcy'or f controlling mechanism whereby? the two sheets` at" ca'used to travel "synchronously Thermey nisnr` for thief-purpose is' kvfullyfdescribed' 'in said patent'and is'not `-shown herein.V li rByfthe provision offsixteenholeor 'ducts 11 in each of thetrakefr bars iflhavingfno addition ::to Ethe-fsixt`fyfone tracker vholesv` ductslforf the manualiorganl I amenabled'f andfseparately from the manual organ;

manual and the pedal :1organs-larep1ayel separately and independently of each oth is to '.obviate '-tle muddled' 'sound p duced When the f pedal'organ jifs played throughfthej-mfanual organfby @m'e'ai A f!" known'coupling*mechanism 21, Will,v of f course, be 'undstoofdfthat musicsheets f1 are I'provide VVwith*-per-fo' ytracker holes "and 'I'cl'aimz-e municationfwith the proper `mechanism for operating the manual organ notes, such communication and kmechanism ybeing substany tially` as that Ashown betweenfthe pedal organ the pedal organ,"r pipe 71.

In an automatic;y organ. the; combina manualforgan', a pedal organ, two

ingy they manual organ,;meansffor placing tion ofa manual organ, a pedal organ two'y fw etracker bars each havingducts therein, connections between f certain' of the said ducts4 725 in each tracker yloarvand'the manual organ,

certain otherof'the'said ductsin each of the said..y tracker bars in communication with mechanism {for operating rthef pedal organ,

l music sheets eachk provided with perforations for Acoperating with the ducts in each of the lsaid trackerbarsfandfmeans" for feeding the said sheet'sl'synchronously `over the Said bars.

n 2.1In anaautomaticrgan, the, combina- Vconnections vbetween certain otherl gof the a therein for coperating with theducts in the said trackerba'rs, and means for feeding the p Said sheets synchronously over the said bars."

' V3.! In an-.automaticorgamthe combination ofy a. manual .-organja pedal orga-.n two 'l dtracker'barseachhavinga plurality of ducts therein, means-.forfdirectly connecting cerf,

mm1 pf the Said ducts in,r4 each tracker bai' withgthe mecllallsml `ofthel manual organ. and certain other-fof, the said `ducts each y trackerbarpwith the mechanism vof the pedal torgan, andi two musicsheetsveachghaving perforationsf therein for n coperating with the ducts inthe said trackenbars, and means f for feeding the said sheets-synchronously f overjthe saidloarsA t 4. An automatic yorgan comprising a manual organ and a 'pedal4 organ of thirtytwo notes, two Itracker bars with ducts and connections from each bar to parts of both organs, each bar having sixteen connections to the pedal organ, two music sheets perforated to coperate with the tracker bars respectively,- and means` for'feeding said sheets synchronously over the bars.

v 5. An automatic organ comprisinga manual and ak pedal organ two tracker bars each provided withfa plurality of ducts, means whereby certain of the said ducts 1n each of the said bars are placed in communication organ, two music sheets yperforated to kconously over the bars.

y 'with a manual organ, means whereby siX- Uteen ofthe ducts inV each of the said bars are placed in direct communication with a pedal operate Lwith the `respective tracker bars,

and means `for feeding saidfsheets synchro--r 6. An automatic organ comprising amanl' lual and a pedal organ twof tracker bars eachk being rprovided with perforationsv having connection with a manualorgan and sixl teen additional perforations having conneck said ductsin each-tracker bar andthe kpedal .Y y organ,`tw'o music sheets having perforations tion ywith a pedal organ, connections between-the said tracker bars and the respeclperforations for coperating with the ducts having connection withthe manualorgan and also having perforations for coperat- 'ing with the ductshavingl'connection with the kpedal organ, and means for feeding the "namethis 16th day of July, LD. 41912.

In the presence of?- o GEO. H. WEIDNER,

'l kCimns N. ANDERSON.

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Y' Y u u ryIlTas-hington,D.(1.2 l Y tive organs, two music ysheets 'each having 

